... THE TOP HAT. - - The ank hat was invented by Jobs Hetherington. a London haberdasher. aid the Mat oae by on January 13, 1797. It was desigsed simply to create a novelty, sad ids appearance nearly tamed a riot. Be was arrested on the charge ...

... THE FIRST TOP HAT The first silk, or top, hat appeared in 1797. 1t was worn by the iuventor, a London hatter named Hetherington, who, in his zeal, emerged from his shop into the strect. The results were beyond ...

... THE FIRST TOP HAT The first silk, or top, hat appeared in 1797. It was worn by the inventor, a London hatter named Hetherington, who, in his zeal, emerged from his shop into the street. The results were beyond ...

... THE FIRST TOP HAT The first silk, or top, hat appeared 1n 1797. It was worn by the inventor, a London hatter named Hetherington, who, in his zeal, emerged from his shop into the street. The results were beyond ...

... TM TOP HAT. - The alt hat was ',vented b 1 Hetherington, • Loodon haberdasher, and the ant one worn by him January 15, 1797. It was designed sim ply novelty, and his a ppearance nearly canoed a riot. He was arrested on the charge that had ...

... The First Top Hat. There is an account in the “ Times” of Janu- ary 16th, 1797, of the man who first tried the experiment of w a of the hat. “Jobn ” tt Hetherington, before the Lord says, “was a yesterda and i of breach of the peace bonds ...

... THE FIRST TOP HAT The first silk, or top, hat appeared in 1797. It was worn t}) the inventor, a London hatter named iletheringtol. who, in his zeal, emerfiod from his shop into the street. The results were beyond all m tation. A crowd ...

... THE FIRST TOP HAT Handel' urge to create was so tyrannierl _ that it ended by isolating him from the rest of the world. He never allowed himself to The first silk, or top, hat appeared in be interrupted by any futile visit, - .ays 1797. it ...

... - HAT. The man who had the audacity first to don a silk hat got himself into trouble. The name of this brave individual was John Hetherington, and it was in January, 1797, that he walked down the Strand with a strange high hat. He promptly ...

... But though the hobble and the crinoline have gone, the tall hat, which brought John Hetherington within the grip of the law, remains. So evidently does the stigma of the prosecution. The top hat only for solemn occasions, and if the Home Secretary and some ...

... Tor FIUT TOP - HAT. The man who had the audacity first to a dk hat got. iviitrAt into trouble. The name this brave inditidual John Hetherington, and it was in January, 1797. that he walked down the Strand with a .trange high ...

... WHO WORE THE FIRST TOP HAT. There is an account in the Times of January 16, 1797, of the man who first tried the experiment of wearing silk hat. John Hetherington, haberdasher, of the Strand, it says, was arraigned before the Lord Mayor ...